You are cursed by the god yhw, cursed. You will die, cursed – cursed, you will surely die. Cursed you are by yhw – cursed. These are the words found on a lead tablet that was recently discovered in a pile of discarded archaeological material on Mount Ebal in the land of Israel. The tablet was so fragile that scientists had to use…
Here is a link to a fascinating article in Smithsonian Magazine about a church in Ethiopia that has been located by archaeologists. This discovery confirms what Ethiopian tradition has always maintained, that Christianity was in Eastern Africa very early in its history. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/church-unearthed-ethiopia-rewrites-history-christianity-africa-180973740/?fbclid=IwAR1qZIukOyUgC69XZWM1WVw2V9dqDQ8-JcGD6TcZ-RxZcKJna0oPIM5m4mo The church is located in the town of Beta Samati, which was…
One of the many gems of the city of Madrid is the Museo Arqueologico Nacional, aka, the MAN. The museum features an outstanding collection of artifacts from pre-historic times up to the modern era. I had visited this museum before but somehow managed to miss one of the museum’s greatest treasures, its collection of mosaics.…
Mirror Neurons 